http://shanghaiist.com/2008/06/24/whatever_happened_to_dongtan.php All comments for Whatever happened to Dongtan? en-us 2009 shang_kenneth Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:13 +0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss kenneth@shanghaiist.com kenneth@shanghaiist.com 60 http://shanghaiist.com/2008/06/24/whatever_happened_to_dongtan.php#comment-1392590 http://shanghaiist.com/2008/06/24/whatever_happened_to_dongtan.php#comment-1392590 Comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:16:46 +0800 <p>Dongtan makes no sense. You don't have to be an expert to see this. Sure, it could be built as long as enough wealthy people found it chic to live there. But it would be nothing more than a showpiece -- a retreat for the wealthy. The only way that China could lead a new, more eco-friendly era would be to actively promote green technologies on a wide scale. Costs for expensive things fall as production rises to satisfy a larger demand. How can Dongtan be an agent of change if it is just an island in a sea of polluting cities? It may be an inspiring island, but that will be about it. China would do a lot better by enforcing its existing environmental protection laws more strictly in my opinion, and creating new ones to counter pollution on a national scale.</p> http://shanghaiist.com/2008/06/24/whatever_happened_to_dongtan.php#comment-1391634 http://shanghaiist.com/2008/06/24/whatever_happened_to_dongtan.php#comment-1391634 Comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:23:56 +0800 <p>See Matthew Crabbe's excellent newsletter Access Asia for lot's of info on "Dodgy" Dongtan. http://accessasia.co.uk/ He's been covering it for a while...</p>